If you have the time Colonel, please tell us about your battles on you path to your promotion.

I was in no hurry to become a Colonel, I just wanted to play and enjoy the game but after almost 1 year of being a Lt. Colonel and some help and inspiration from Phread and Jeronimon I can now buy a round of Patron Tequila for all you guys.

Looks like there's much more wines, berets and "baguettes" in the colonels' mess...

Of course you, friends from across the ocean, must know that the beret myth is quite old fashioned : I've only ever known one person who occasionally wears a beret. Then again I'm not from the "Pays Basque".

As I wrote in another thread I kept record of all battles I won since I was Oberstleutnant. My bucket list grew smaller and smaller , and on three-kings-day I won the last. After three more games and victories, on cadets, I got promoted. My database was accurate.

A general conclusion after about 600 battles is that I prefer dynamic battles with lots of action and moving around over static games were the enemy doesn't want to leave the shrubbery he's in or the safety of "vaderlanderkes" (sandbags).
So if you guys want to invite me for a game do me a favour and choose a fast and swift battle.

So I made a list of battles missing and there was a lot (despite the fact that some battles do not count for obtaining the rank of colonel), including the Mediterranean and Pacific fronts that I like a little less .

It has not been easy but I was helped at the end by the inexperience of cadets , since we must also face 25 cadets!

Not blowing my own trumpet here (you could've at least told us you had a trumpet), i'd just like to know after my Colonel promotion last week what i need to achieve for my next jump to the heady heights of Brigadier?